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5 + 21 Stern vom Ehrengroßkomturkreuz des Großherzoglich Oldenburgischen Haus- und Verdienstordens des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig.

Only a few stars are to be worn on tht right site, the Oldenburg Ehrengroßkomturkreuz star is one of them.

11 + 24 Stern vom Großkreuz des k.u.k. Österreichischen Franz-Joseph-Ordens

8 Stern of the Roter Adler-Orden 2. Klasse mit Eichenlaub und Krone ???

The crown belongs to the crosses, the star is always without a crown.

1 hour ago, Henke said:

 

Thanks, so he was like working for the military but not serving at the front?

He was at least 2 weeks in military service, but didn´t leave Germany.

It is the official medal-ribbon combination (Kriegs-Denkmünze von Stahl am Combattanten-Bande) for stay at home service of military personnel.

Couldn´t the ribbon represent a Militärsanitätsorden too?

1 hour ago, Dave Danner said:

The SLH4 was awarded on 15. October 1907, so a little over 2 1/2 months.

Thank you, that is always of interest and seems in the frame of timerange of that delay I noticed until now.

1 hour ago, Deruelle said:

Which is your sources please ?Militär Verordnungsblatt ?

Königlich Preußische Ordensliste 1905, Siebenter Nachtrag

1 hour ago, David M said:

Great info! Where did you find that letter to him? Do you  have a connection in your own researchinterests?

Some years ago I wrote an article about the post war awards of the Hausorden von Hohenzollern by the Ex-Kaiser. I found most of the informations about these Doorn Awards here.

Announcement in the Königlich Preußischer Staatsanzeiger for

Fürstlich Reußisches Ehrenkreuz 3. Klasse: 20. Juli 1903

Ehrenkreuz 4. Klasse des Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippischen Hausordens: 3. Januar 1908

But there is always an delay between the award dates and these announcements in the Prussian periodical gazette of some weeks or sometimes some month!

May be of interest too:

Komturkreuz des Hausordens von Hohenzollern

27. Januar 1928

29. Mai 1911

2 hours ago, saschaw said:

... shows also a nice picture of him, still with KO4 and an additional RAO4, but it's undated, so I don't know if there were some major changes to his Prussian orders...

I am afraid not. Prussian Court and State 1918:

On 28/01/2020 at 18:00, ArHo said:

Obviously not interesting enough to write any answer - schade, took me some time to figure that out ?

Sorry for missing your answer and efforts ?. I know well, how long such research could last.

Indeed Kühne is shown in the Ranklist 1841 as Captain with Iron Cross 2nd class and Officers Long Service Cross. But then I checked Major a. D. Kühne in the Königlich Preußische Ordensliste 1862 and found there additionally a Red Eagle Order 4th class given to him in 1842. So unfortunately on the portrait made in Halle/S. it seems not to be him.

Kind regards, Komtur.

3 hours ago, Great Dane said:

... "Beim Civil wird nur ein Band um den Kragen gelegt; trägt man mehrere Orden, so werden diese an das oberste Band angeknöpft." ...

I am quite sure that means, what I tried to make clear by  a sketch.

1 hour ago, GreyC said:

... he had spent a year at the court of  the Czar an was promoted an officer there.

Source: Wolfgang Brückner (Hrsg.) Historische Fotografie in Unterfranken. Würzburg 1989, p. 169.

The Czar was son of the General August von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1818–1881) und Clémentine von Orléans (1817–1907), so he was "familiar" with Coburg.

Uhlenhuth took the photos of the Czar´s 2nd wedding. ...

Thanks a lot! These are interesting news.

I was aware of the Coburg origin of Ferdinand, called nasa magna by the Kaiser. I just finished reading a biographie of him.

There is another connection of Czar Ferdinand to a medal group I own. To this group belongs a 2nd class of the Bulgarian Order of Civil Merit. The decoration was given to Dr. Carl Paira, who was director of the hospital Lahmannsches Sanatorium near Dresden, where the second wife of Ferdinand Eleonore, born princess of Reuß zu Köstritz, stayed some weeks before she died.

I started a topic in another section, but because of the connection to German decorations I linked it to this part of the GMIC too.

On the portrait is to be seen the famous German court photographer Eduard Uhlenhuth from Coburg. As we can expect, there are some more portraits of him to be known. Fortunately his medalbar is still existing too.

It was supposed, that the uniform Uhlenhuth is wearing on the picture discussed, is a Bulgarian one. But this seems to be quite odd for a German citizen. As to be seen on the photograph with the group of persons in the forrest, on the other hand Uhlenhuth (3rd from left) was pretty familiar with the Bulgarian king Ferdinand (2nd form left), who spent his evening of life in Coburg.

Can someone tell me, what kind of uniform of what rank is Uhlenhut wearing?

If it is a Bulgarian one, what could be the reason for it?

Thanks in advance and regards,

Komtur.

Prussian White.

Another portrait obviously from the same session. May be this ist of some help ...

I used this picture in an article about the exile awards of the Hausorden von Hohenzollern. As I remember, Daniel supposed, it could be Louis Müldner von Mülnheim. Indeed Müldner got an wartime knight with swords and is on my Hausorden exile list for an Komturkreuz. Unfortunately I do not remember, where the picture came from, possibly from Daniel.

One is the star to the Grand Cross, the other one for the 1st Class.

Regards, Komtur.

Hello Reinhard,

thank you for showing this very attractive collection of British orders!

I am generating a register of the Royal Victorian Order numbers with the corresponding names of the recipient. Would you be so kind and give me the numbers an names of the decorations with belonging papers you show, to add them to this register?

Thanks in advance,

Komtur.

6 hours ago, ArHo said:

Komtur - i just have to ask: is there a photographer / place printed on the back of the plate? 

Yes.

14 hours ago, jonv said:

 

Does anyone know of a listing of German participants during this conflict?
Or ... is there a way to determine participation status by their medals/orders?

For 1864, I believe (?) there was a Verdienst-Kreuz and also a commemorative
Denk-Muenze ... but is it possible to identify these (or others) in the individual's
list of medals?

There exist some lists of persons, who got decorations for this war, sorted by units in the archive Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz. But I do not know, if these are conserved completely for all decorations and all units over the years.

I don´t believe, that a "938" silver mark ist to be found on that cross. In this case the "W" would be stamped too.

After October 1916 the returned golden decorations or parts of it were reworked and awarded again. As most returned orders were without swords and in war time most of the awarded with them, you find sometimes this combination of golden crosses with silvered swords. Because of the hollow construction of the golden decorations a stamped mark "W" was not usable, therefore you will find on them always a scratched "W".

Here such an example of a Crown Order 2nd class with silvered swords, the golden cross also marked only "W" scratched in the same way, as the Red Eagle shown above:

1 hour ago, Utgardloki said:

Is Kaiser Franz Josef in this photograph wearing a red eagle grandcross badge around his neck? ...

This portrait is very interesting indeed. Emperor Franz Joseph I. seems to wear to his uniform of a Prussian general only his Prussian Orders. These are the Black Eagle and the Royal Housorder Großkomtur. With the Order of the Black Eagle was since 1810 always going the 1st class of the Red Eagle Order and after creation of the Grand Cross in 1861 this highest class of the Red Eagle Order. These had to be worn for a knight of the Black Eagle Order always as neck decorations. Even if this picture was defenitely made after 1861, the Austrian emperor is there wearing his in 1844 awarded Black Eagle Order sash, star and the to this decoration belonging 1st class of the Red Eagle Order around the neck.